I agree.
Dave
On Tuesday 22 May 2001 19:38, you wrote:
> michael wrote:
> >Groovy with me!
> >
> >Michael Brown wrote:
> >>On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote:
> >>>>>I think what he was talking about was... instead of
> >>>>>going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a
> >>>>>user/developer owned company with the ability to buy
> >>>>>into the company that you are also putting effort
> >>>>>into.
> >>>>
> >>>>Sounds like a good idea to me. What is the legal status of Mandrake as
> >>>> a company? If it's the equivalent of what in the UK is a private
> >>>> limited company, then it could offer shares for sale to developers
> >>>> (but not to the general public), AFAIK.
> >>>
> >>>Now this is sounding intresting....
> >>
> >>Is anyone at Mandrake seriously considering this? I don't know any
> >> French law, but if the legal status is similar to that of a UK private
> >> limited company then Mandrake can offer shares for sale to whoever it
> >> wants to on an individual basis, but cannot open them up for sale to the
> >> general public. I can't speak for anyone else, but I would be keen to
> >> buy a few shares every so often (say $10 a week - $500 a year) and know
> >> that I was helping to keep Mandrake alive and at the same time building
> >> up an investment (donations aren't quite the same) ready for the time
> >> when Mandrake displaces Windows on the majority of desktop PCs(!).
> >>
> >>Thoughts?
> >>
> >>Michael
>
> Of course we could always get in touch with the executives to find out
> some solid possibilities but wait..that's right.. there gone. hehe
> Soooo
> As far as what michael said about nationalityistical input, I agree. I
> am as good a voice from atlanta as any executive manager who uses
> windows on his own desktop anyway.
